Begging is surely big business. And it has proven to be so in Dubai, where a recently arrested beggar was found making as much as 270,000 dirham (around 73,500 U.S. dollars) a month.

­　　乞討可是一筆大生意。在迪拜乞討就證明了這一點，那里最近逮捕了一個乞丐，發(fā)現(xiàn)他的月收入居然多達27萬迪拉姆（約73500美元，47萬人民幣）。

­　　The beggar was among dozens arrested by Dubai Municipality inspectors, local media reported.

­　　據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報道，迪拜市政巡邏員逮捕了幾十個乞討者，此人只是其中之一。

­　　Fifty nine beggars were caught during the first three months of 2016, said Faisal Al Badiawi, head of the markets section at the Dubai Municipality, in a statement.

­　　迪拜市市場部門主管Faisal Al Badiawi 在一份聲明中說，2016年前三個月共抓了59名乞丐。

­　　Those arrests were part of a campaign carried out by the municipality in cooperation with the emirate’s police to combat begging in Dubai.

­　　這些逮捕行動是迪拜市與阿聯(lián)酋警方合作進行的打擊乞討活動的一部分。

­　　“Some of the beggars had passports issued with business or tourist visas,” Al Badiawi told reporters.

­　　Faisal Al Badiawi在接受采訪時說，“有些乞討者是持有商務(wù)或旅游簽證的。”

­　　“During the campaign, we found that the majority of beggars had entered the country legally with a three-month visa, in order to collect as much money as they could during their time here,” Al Badiawi explained.

­　　Al Badiawi解釋說，“在逮捕活動中，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)大多數(shù)乞討者都是通過3個月旅游簽證合法的‘混’到迪拜，在這段時間他們盡可能多的去賺錢。”

­　　The seizures showed that one beggar was making about 73,500 dollars per month. “More money was collected on Fridays when beggars stood in front of mosques,” Al Badiawi said.

­　　繳獲結(jié)果顯示，一個乞丐每月大約收入73500美元。Al Badiawi 說，“這些乞丐每星期五在清真寺門口“開工”時，還有可能賺到更多的錢。”

­　　Local authorities of Dubai have been carrying out year-long operations to combat begging along the city streets.

­　　迪拜當(dāng)局針對這些街頭乞討者展開了長達一年的逮捕行動。

­　　In 2015, up to 197 begging-related arrests were made during an anti-begging campaign around Ramadan, according to a previous report of Gulf News. Police said street begging affects the city’s security.

­　　據(jù)海灣新聞之前的一個報道，2015年齋月期間開展的一次反乞討運動中，多達197名乞討者被逮捕。警方稱，街頭乞討影響城市的安全。